Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-04-20

ply was made that there were .'soyen or
eight hundred dollars in the treasury Of the
association, and II they wanted to do the iob
they could get their pay" The identity OF the
person making this memorable and significant
answer will appear in the testimony pub
iished in . succeeding column
On the night OF August 3, Rev. Hsddock
and Rev, =. Y. Turner hired horse and
buggy At Merrilfs livery stable, on Water
street, for the purpose OF making . trip to
Greenville, suburb Of Sioux City, where they
expected to gain valuable evidence for use in
the prosecution
Learning Of this trip, the alert saloon
keepers, as also appears in evidence, hired a
hack and followed Four mon entered this
vehicle, and others were left in the city to
watch for the return of the buggy to the sta
BILE. Those who went to Greenvllle in the
hack learned nothing to their advantage, and
returned to the city about 10 o'clock In the
meantime Bismarck" (Koschnitsk,) and
Granda, the hired thugs, had been sent 10 the
vicinity OF the stable to watch for the buggy
On its return word was swiftly passed down
Fourth street, the principal street Of the city,
where groups OF the conspirators were sta-
tionc1. and all fastened to the cornor Of Fourth
and Water streets. within l00 feet Of Merrills
Livery stable.
During the absence Of the buggy contain
ing tho pruachets, sBismsrck" had sent an
innocent and dtstAtefsstsdr rIMrty nasnsu 80
simmons to the livery stable for the purpose
OF making inquiry as to whether tho buggy
had yet returned When Mr.. Haddock drove
back to the stable alone, having left Mr..
Turner ct his home on the "West S.de," he
was told Of this fact by hostler. Looking
out Of the door, through the dark and rainy
night, Mr.. Haddock saw the crowd Of con-
splrators on the corner, and said to the hostler,
They're laying for me out there. are they
noty" To this the hostler replied that he did
not know, and with cheerful remark Mr..
Haddock started bravely ont. He wore rub
ber coat to protect him from the rain, and
carried In his hand . slung- shot made Of .
heavy iron pinion wheel, deity fastened to a
haps fifty feet, to the corner of Fourth and
Water streets, whore stands a German hotel,
known as the Columbia House Turning on
Fourth street. he walked firmly and
resolntely toward his enemies ,oa
the nrep SpRoss e,sr Then sr, from sls
One is described as particularly large and
heavy set When they met Mr.. Hlddock,
about half way across the street, il is in evil
Gence that the Assassin peered closely into the
face Of the minister, making sure of his idenu-
him. turned and fired Mr. Haddock dropped
his cane and his weapon, staggered blindly
forward to the side of the street, and fell face
down in the gutter, where, in few brief mo-
ments, his brave life ebbed away in the blood
which mingled with the mud and water of the
ditch The tragedy occurred at about fifteen
minutes after 10 O'Clock, and despite the
disagreeable weather, the report of the pistol
soon attracted crowds to the scene, which,
when the identity of ths vict nj became noised
around, grew TO vast multitude. When
picked up by John Ryan, fireman and super-
intendent of markets, Mr. Hlddock was diving.
He never spoke after the shot, the ghastly
wound in his neck filling his mouth with blood
and render. ng articulation impossible.